Motor-vehicle.



H. D. CHURCH.;

Y MoroRvL-:Hlcuf'` APPLICATION FILED MAYl9.1-916. I

1,262,92 l Patented Apr.` 16, 1 918.

4 1 www ZZ li i I X 4 M @M a citizen of the United States, and residentl I To all whom it may concern.'

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

HAROLD D. CHURCH, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN,-'ASSIGNOR T0 PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

MOTOR-VEHICLE.

Application med may 19, 191s.. serial No. 98,542.

Be itknown` that I, HAROLD D. CHURCH,

` of Detroit, Wayne county, State of Michigan, have invented certain-new. and use ful Improvements in MotorVehicles, of wh1ch lthe following is a specification.

This inventionrrelates to an improvement in motor -vehlcles and particularly to the rear axle construction.

One of the 'objects of thel invention isto yieldingly and yet securely connect the driving axle with the frame f ,A y p Another obj ect of the invention is to so' secure the rear axle that any turning thereofg in a plane parallel to the frame is prevented,

without any limitation of the ment due to the springs.

. Another object of the invention is to provide a single cross tube to which the torque arm and distance rods arev pivotally connectedc v l Further objects of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which form a part ofthis specification, and in which :f- 4 l Figure 1 is a plan view of part 'of va motor vehicle embodying this invention; v

Fig. 2 is a sideelevation; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views taken on the yielding movelines 3 3 of Fig. 1, and 4--4 of Fig. 2, re.

spectively.

In the drawings, 10

driving axle Aon which the frame lis mounted through springs 12. The vehicle is proy relatively to the axle.

A torque arm 17 and distancev or radius rods 18 are connected to the vehicle frame and the rear axle. Brackets 19 mounted outside the frame side members by bolts 20 rigidly support a tube 21, hereinafter referredto as the cross tube. The forward ends of the torque arm and distance rods are pivoted to the cross tube while'the real;4v ends Specification of Letters Patent.

designates the frame side members of a motor vehicleand 11 a l the rod relative to t for the vibration of the axle and at the same time counteract the Vdriving torque. A .lug 22, here shown as integral with the axle 11, projects forwardly from the axle and is pro- Patented Apr. 16 1918.

vided with' a -tapered opening 23. At 'thel rear end ofthe torque varm are parallel ears 24 which engage above andbelow the lug 22 and are provided with openings 26 -in aline- Aeasy oscillation onthe cross tube. -At the lower end o f the link are projecting split rings 34- through which a pin 35, having an oiler, isinserted, andv clamped in position.

'Ihe front end of the torque arm is provided with an eye 36'whichp1vot`s on the pin 35 between the rings 34.

The distance or radius 4rods 18 are horizontally pivoted to both the axle casing and the cross tube by the followin' means: At

the front end of each is a ring 37 |which., surrounds the end of the cross tube and is 'ment lwitlrthe opening 23. A tapered bolt A27 is inserted through the `openings'andis held in position by a nut 28. 1

held in place by a nut and kfwasher38, a cotter pin l39 holding-thenutlagainst unscrewi ing'. By this constructionthe distance rods are pivotally mounted on the cross tube, a grease cup 40 bein bearing surface o e tube., The rear ends ofthe distance rods are pivoted to` the axle l p 43Jpassing through .the s lit lrings 424 and4 Aring 41 holds the latter 1n position. The

pin. is clamped in the split rings in the usual 4plrovided to lubricate the t way and being smaller in diameter than the opening of the ring `41 Aierm'its oscillation of l e 1 splitf rings and shackle. At the end of the Ipin is provided an oiler 44 `held in position by the bent plate 45 through which it passes, said plate being held upon the spring 13 bythe clip While only one form of this invention has been shown and described in detail it is obvious that other modifications may be made Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In a motor vehicle in combination a frame, a driving axle, springs onV saidaxle pvotally supporting said lframe, a torque arm and distance rods connected to said axle and a single cross tube mounted on saidY frame and to which said torque arm and distance rods are connected.

2. In a motor. vehicle in combination a frame, 'a driving'4 axle, springs on said axle pivotally supporting said frame, a torque arm and distance rods pivotally connected to said axle and a single cross tube ixedly mounted on said frame and to which said torque arm and distance rods are pivotally connected.

3. In a motor vehicle in combination a vframe, a drivingaxle, springs on said axle for supporting said frame, clips for securing said springs to said axle, atorque ar pivotally connected to said axle, distance rods piavoted to said' clips belovv said springs and a cross tube mounted on said frame to Which said torque arm and distance rods are pivotally connected.

t. ln a motor vehicle in combination frame members, a driving axle, springs on said axle outside said members for pivotally supporting the same, a torque arm connected to said axle between said members, distance rods connected to said v-axle outside said members and a single cross tube mounted on said frame to which said torque arm and distance rods are connected.

5. ln a motor vehicle in combination, frame members, a driving axle, springs on said axle outside said frame members for pivotally supporting the same, clips for securing said springs to said axle, a torque arm vertically pivoted to said axle between said frame members, distance rods horizontally pivoted to said clips outside said frame members and below said springs and a tube transversely mounted on said .frame me1nbers to Which said torque arm and distance rods are each horizontally pivoted the torque I arm being between and the distance rods `outside said frame members.

ln testlmony whereof l aflix my signature.

HARGL D. CHURCH. 

